CEDAR email: 2016 Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowships Annual Call for Applications

[Susanne Demaree]

*2016 Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellowships*

Application deadline: 15 January 2016





UCAR Visiting Scientist Programs announces the 2016 call for applications
to the Jack Eddy

Postdoctoral Fellowships, sponsored by the NASA Living With a Star (LWS)
program. The fellowships

are designed to train the next generation of researchers in the emerging
field of Heliophysics.



Heliophysics embraces all science aspects of the Sun-Solar System, and
includes many of the basic

physical processes found in our solar system, the laboratory, and
throughout the universe. These

processes generally involve the interactions of ionized gases (plasmas)
with gravitational and

electro-magnetic (both radiation and DC) fields, and with neutral matter.
The physical domain of

interest ranges from deep inside the Sun to the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Within this broad science

discipline, LWS is a program designed to develop the scientific
understanding required for the Nation

to address effectively those aspects of the Sun-Earth system that affect
life and society.



Two major topics of focus for LWS are the science of space weather and of
the Sun-climate connection. Preference will be given to applicants whose
proposed research addresses one of these two foci; but any research program
relevant to LWS is considered.



Since the goal of this postdoctoral program is to train Sun-Earth system
researchers, preference is also given to research projects that cross the
traditional Heliophysics subdomains of the Sun, heliosphere, magnetosphere,
and ionosphere/upper atmosphere, as well as Sun-climate investigations.
Therefore, proposals addressing the LWS program that are interdisciplinary
are encouraged.



In order to succeed at such cross-disciplinary research, the host mentoring
scientist plays a critical

role. Consequently, applicants must select a host scientist, who is
different from the candidate’s PhD

advisor (preferably at a different institution), and coordinate a joint
application with the potential

host scientist and institution.



·      Potential host scientists are required to submit letters of intent
and vita as part of the selection

process. Hosts are expected to mentor the fellow, provide a reasonable
office environment,

which may include a workstation, and any other unique research costs.



·      Applicants to this postdoctoral program are expected to have had a
PhD for no more than

three years at the start of tenure. A UCAR steering committee selects the
fellows.



Jack Eddy fellows are UCAR employees and receive a fixed annual salary plus
UCAR’s benefits (health and dental insurance, paid time off, paid holidays,
TIAA/CREF retirement fund, and life insurance). A relocation allowance and
an allowance for travel during the appointment are provided. The deadline
for applications is 15 January 2016. Appointments will be announced in
March.



For additional information on this program and instructions on how to
apply, please visit: www.heliophysics.ucar.edu. For further information,
call (303) 497-1605 or e-mail *vspapply@ ucar.edu <http://ucar.edu>*.



NASA Living With a Star, Heliophysics Division sponsors this program. The
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is an EE/AAE who values and
encourages diversity in the workplace


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